Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1836: Chapter 1836: Xiaohei Takes Action

Bai Ruozhu found an opportunity to go to a place where no one was around and released Xiaohei from the Space. Xiaohei affectionately leaned its head against Bai Ruozhu, rubbing against her.

”Xiaohei, you must be bored? You’ll have work to do later, I’m counting on you.” She patted Xiaohei’s big head and said.

Xiaohei nodded wisely, then looked up with an ”I’m fine” expression. Amused by its cute demeanor, Bai Ruozhu’s heavy mood slightly improved.

”Remember to come back once you find Yichun’s location, don’t take any risks,” Bai Ruozhu instructed again.

Then she led Xiaohei back to meet with the others discussing plans. Everyone was startled to see Xiaohei, but quickly realized it was Bai Ruozhu’s beast pet.

”This is a beast pet I unexpectedly acquired earlier. I plan to send it to infiltrate the Barbarian Tribe first, to look for Yichun’s whereabouts, so we’ll have some direction.” Bai Ruozhu stroked Xiaohei’s head, ”Its nose is very sensitive, it can follow the scent to find Yichun’s location.”

”That’s a good plan, and it won’t easily alert the enemy,” Yao Yuxuan said.

”Won’t the members of the Barbarian Tribe notice it’s not their beast pet?” Lu asked worriedly.

Bai Ruozhu shook her head, ”In the Barbarian Tribe, only the aristocrats can control beast pets, and they have many Beast Teams, making it hard to keep count. Usually, it’s the ordinary guards who patrol, they cannot know or can track the number of beast pets, so it’s not easy to expose.”

”Alright, then we’ll wait for Xiaohei’s news,” Lu said.

Bai Ruozhu patted Xiaohei’s back, ”Go now, and be careful.”

Xiaohei turned into a black streak and quickly disappeared from their sight.

Gao Zhou squinted, ”Girl, your beast pet is quite fast.”

Bai Ruozhu was still angry with him, gave him a cold glance and said, ”A leopard’s speed isn’t slow, is it?”

Gao Zhou choked on his words, seeing everyone suppressing laughter, he could only sulk in silence. He had deceived her, but he did it for her sake, hadn’t he? He worried more about her than her own family.

In fact, Bai Ruozhu was quite concerned at the moment, worried for Xiaohei’s safety on one hand, and for Jiang Yichun on the other.

She feared that the information Xiaohei gathered about Jiang Yichun might be grim; just thinking about it made her feel suffocated. She could only keep reassuring herself that King Rui still needed Yichun to publicly clarify matters and wouldn’t harm him, otherwise the people would think it was a coerced confession.

For now, she could only comfort herself like this.

As time ticked by, Bai Ruozhu felt increasingly restless. Everyone noticed her state, so they decided to adjourn and take a break.

Tang Feng sent someone to keep a lookout, to signal them at the sight of Xiaohei.

By lunch, Bai Ruozhu was still sullen and had no appetite, until finally the scouts sent a signal, Bai Ruozhu hurriedly stood up and rushed to the Camp’s entrance.

Soon Xiaohei came running in, obediently lying down in front of her, and started licking her hand.

”Bring some water!” Bai Ruozhu hurriedly said.

Xiaohei must be thirsty from running such a long way.

Water was quickly brought, Xiaohei drank and then communicated with her.

”What? There’s no trace of Yichun in the entire camp? Not a hint of the scent?” Bai Ruozhu asked in surprise.

Xiaohei shook its big head, indicating it couldn’t find anything.

”How could this be? Could it be that Sangdian has secretly sent Yichun away?” Bai Ruozhu said with a worried frown.

”Ruozhu, don’t worry yet. I’ve been wandering the perimeter for these days, and although I couldn’t find Jiang’s position either, Sangdian definitely hasn’t sent Jiang away, otherwise I would have noticed something,” Tang Feng walked over to comfort her.

”But where they’ve detained Yichun has become a mystery. If they have other ways to send him away... Without confirmation of Yichun’s location, we can’t act rashly. What should we do now?” Bai Ruozhu said, biting her lips tightly. She’s very worried for Yichun, no matter how much she comforts herself, the worry remains.

Tang Feng looked at her lips, feeling a strange pain in his heart, certainly that ghostly dream was confusing him, making him feel this way.

”I always felt responsible for Master Jiang being captured, so we’ve been tirelessly searching, and I’m certain he hasn’t been sent away,” Tang Feng said earnestly.

His deputy officer agreed, ”Yes, our lord hasn’t rested in search of solutions, it’s impossible for this detail to be missed.”

”But...” Bai Ruozhu didn’t distrust Tang Feng, she just felt the Barbarian Tribe might have some odd tactics.

”Alright, enough with this. Let’s continue investigating; there’ll be clues. Maybe we can try contacting the Barbarian people. Ruozhu holds a high position in their hearts, she doesn’t even need to go personally; we can send someone with a Token to establish contact,” Gao Zhou quickly mediated.

Tang Feng looked a bit saddened at Bai Ruozhu; she truly only cared about Jiang Yichun, in her heart.[/p]

The thought startled Tang Feng; how could he have such a notion? Is this jealousy? His current state feels quite bizarre!

No time to ponder further, as suddenly the lookout sent a signal of an enemy attack!

”I’ll check it out!” Lu hurried with his team and soon brought back a man and a beast.

”Ruozhu, he wants to see you. He didn’t fight with us and says he has something urgent to tell you,” Lu said to Bai Ruozhu.

Bai Ruozhu was surprised to see the visitor, she recognized him as someone who used to be in Sangta’s Beast Team, always following Sangta. His beast pet was also a black leopard, so she once thought that Xiaohei was Sangta’s subordinate’s beast pet. But now comparing, although both are leopards, they look quite different.

However, she never interacted with this person before, so she wasn’t sure if he could be trusted or not.

”I’m Dujin, Madam Bai should have seen me,” said Dujin.

Lu was a bit displeased, ”You should address her as Madam Jiang.”

Dujin chuckled, ”In our Barbarian Tribe, outstanding women don’t need to bear their husband’s name; they are always respected by their original surname.”

Bai Ruozhu didn’t want to tangle with this minor detail, she fixed her eyes on Dujin and asked, ”How can I trust you? How do you prove you’re not sent by Sangdian?”

Dujin didn’t say a word, instead he took out something from his bosom and tossed it to Bai Ruozhu.

Jiao Ling was extremely nervous, stepped in front to catch it, and upon inspection found it to be a simple black stone chip.

”Auntie, it’s okay, let me see it.” Bai Ruozhu reached out and took the black stone chip. She didn’t show it outwardly, but her heart was in turmoil. This item was similar to one Qi Qingyan gave her before; it’s a tool for the master and beast pet to communicate mentally, without this, the master couldn’t talk to the beast pet.

She felt the stone chip momentarily and indeed sensed the thoughts of the black leopard, it was deeply resentful, feeling that its master was about to abandon it.